Quick post in between meetings. Action packed day today. Two meetings I didn't know about this morning, that it would be "nice" if I attended.  Which translates to "you should be there."  And I have four interviews this afternoon in conjunction with another department looking for the same positions so we are interviewing together.  They scheduled them starting at noon with no breaks in between...and I have an 11-12 meeting.  Seriously?  Who does that?  I am going to blow off the 11 am meeting and go pick up a chicken salad at Wendy's. Uggh.  

QOTD:  Yes!  I have G2GAWAY which is a testament to my need to be on vacation or doing something, from the old AOL IM days, of G2G meaning "Got to Go" (or Get).  I also bought them for my kids.  They like to refer to it as the "Gift that keeps on giving" since there is an additional cost in their registration each year.  One daughter's is HICKAT  because she always thought she was so hip and cool, but I would catch her in the kitchen singing Dolly Parton songs.  I had to fight for the plate because the DMV said that hick can be derogatory, but in this context it means a country bumpkin.  I won and we got the plate.  My other daughter's plate is WINEER.  She is actually a winemaker, but figure she might not always be that, but she will likely always love wine. Some people tease her that she is a whiner.  Also, it may be a magnet for DUI checkpoints, but she shouldn't be driving while drinking anyway.  And, I just bought one for my husband because he was feeling left out.  His is N2PLYWD.  He is in the wood/laminating business and has been his whole life and has a little wood-related business on the side.  He just got it and put it on his truck.  He is very happy about it.  Can't think of the best one I have seen, but I like to read them and try to figure them out.

My menu is likely to be:  Premier Protein, Wendy's chicken salad for lunch, maybe a greek yogurt snack (I have one in the fridge at work-yay) since I will be starving after the interviews, gym tonight with trainer (otherwise I would surely cancel tonight), chickfila grilled nuggets and fruit cup.  I hate to have chicken twice in the same day, but it is what it is today.

Much to do. My 10 am meeting is starting in 4 minutes, so I will have to continue to read posts later.  Have a great day.

Hope the surgery goes well.

Your dinner location sounds awesome. I think maintenance aka the rest of my life will be a struggle to find balance in eating like all of the other normal sized people in the world. Had a nice weekend. Spent it with my daughter at home (with her boyfriend-apparently a package deal now), visited some friends, BBQd steak and lobster, did some shopping (bad for the wallet), and just otherwise enjoyed 3 days off. But hell to pay at work this week now. Lots of deadlines this week with not enough time to get things done.

B: Premier protein

L: Grilled shrimp skewers, salad, vegies 

D: not sure  but probably chicken

S: Cheese wedge and 6 saltines

The support group that I don't normally go to because this group online is better is having a plastic surgeon, so I might go there tonight and check it out. I don't know when the right time is to have surgery, but I'm thinking I can't lose the stomach until I get rid of this skin (having twins and carrying an extra 100-150 pounds forever did some damage) and the boobs are like empty tube socks, but still 34DDD when I roll them up into a bra.

Edited to correct the damn typos and autocorrect issues from trying to post on my phone. I shouldn't do that.  On a good note, I stuck to my plan, except for I had 2 cheese wedges to tide me over until after the meeting ended at 8 pm. I had chicken and a small fruit cup from chick-fil-a. It's my go to quick meal on the go.

Thanks for the tips. I looked for them at the store yesterday, but didn't find them (Kay's pretzels), so I am going to order some on Amazon. I will have to check out the other items.  I haven't seen them at my Costco.  I will have to order some stuff online.  

Thanks so much, I am feeling great too!

We used to go out for Mexican food every week. We had to give it up because those chips are so tempting!

The scale is fickle. I hope it stays in onederland for you. I have been bobbing around losing half my body weight. I can't seem to make it stick though, up and down one to two pounds. Grrr.  I remember Service Merchandise.  Didn't you order stuff and it came down on a conveyor belt?  I think we bought a set of TV trays there when we first got married.

Great QOTD.  I love reading all of the stories. I met my husband at the local junior college. We actually went to the same high school for four years and graduated in the same year, but never met or had a class together.  I ran into his friend in college (who I knew), and my husband thought I liked his friend. I thought he (my hubby) wanted to ask me out, but he was taking too long, so I bought tickets to a Warren Miller ski movie and invited him. We were married a year later. We will celebrate 33 years in November.  We maintained the tradition of attending the Warren Miller movie every year since and broke our streak of 34 in a row last year. They don't play in as many locations any more and it has gotten harder and harder to get to them geographically and time wise. 

It is 12:30 in Cali and I haven't eaten anything yet. Weird. I need to eat something. We are barbequing some steaks and lobster with my daughter and her boyfriend today. So we are just hanging out and going fancy for labor day (we have had the lobster hanging in the freezer for a while from a Costco road show and I am happy to cook it with all of us here so that it doesn't get freezer burn since we don't cook that kind of stuff normally).  Looking forward to it, especially since my daughter is doing the cooking!  

So nice to have a 3 day weekend, sorry you had to work. I should have, but said, nope, I will just work later on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet my deadlines.

Have a good day.

I havw never been through anything other than earthquakes. Lots of earthquakes in Cali, but never suffered real damage from one. I had to postpone my daughters' baptisms because the church was damaged and people weren't allowed inside for months. Fire is really one of my fears.  I can't imagine living through that. But stuff is only stuff, so as long as the people and animals are safe, I imagine you can recover.

My weekend of puttering changed as my daughter decided to come home yesterday afternoon (with the boyfriend) so we also had her high school best friend here too. I did get a manicure and do some clothes shopping before they arrived and we went to dinner. Today is a Costco run for steaks to BBQ on Labor Day and going to go to Temecula to wine taste ansnhang out. I'm the DD so it's only tasting for me, not drinking. But we will visit, chit chat, and listen to some live music.

Menu is a bit up in the air, but protein shake for breakfast, cheese and crackers at one od the wineries we are a member at, we are maybe going to pick up picnic lunch atuff, and sea bass for dinner.

Have a great day.

I am so excited.  I booked a kayaking excursion to the blowhole in La Bufadora, Mexico while we are on a 3-day cruise for Thanksgiving. Doing it in the ocean is a little intimidating, but I am looking forward to it.  Our house is even older than yours and needs lots of updates.  I hate spending money on house stuff.  It nearly killed me to spend $20,000 on a new roof because our shake roof was completely falling apart and you could see sky when you were in the attic.  Our kitchen is in desperate need of an update, but I want to expand it if I am going to spend any money, and that makes it really pricey when you start moving bearing walls.  So, I live with the weird wheat tiles and very old appliances.

I did use the Nioxin products for about 6 months. My hairdresser recommended them.  There were three different steps to the process.  I feel that it helped some when things were getting thin, but *****ally knows?  I also took (and still do) Hair Skin and Nails gelcaps. I think we notice it thinning more than other people.  

Well, you are good with scheduling all of your meds.  If I recall, you had to figure out how to fit in sleeping and eating with all the meds you were taking for a while.

I am sad that VS stopped sending out their free underwear coupons.  I got them for years when I couldn't wear their sizes and gave them all to my kids.  Now that I can wear them, no freebies. I did manage to get a few before the stopped though.

Hope the game was fun.

You sound fierce today.  Red capris are very bold.  I was thinking of buying a pair recently, but haven't.  Now I think I should.

QOTD:  Generic multi-vitamin.  My doctor loved the stats in the ones I found.  I think I should be taking 2, but will have to ask at my appointment this month. I have only been taking one.  This was a change from the ones I was taking previously because they made me taste iron in my mouth all day, so I wasn't wanting to take them. A sublingual B12 every other day (Trader Joe's), hair skin and nails (I was going to stop them, but the doctor said there were some good things in them, so I will continue), 4 Costco calcium chews throughout the day (used to take 2 of them twice a day, but one of my test results last time led him to tell me to take them one at a time), and I am still taking Prilosec.  I have stopped a few times, but then get a gnawing feeling in my stomach and have a hard time eating, and I think it is related, so I start again.  I know there are long term effects of continuing Prilosec forever.  Does anyone have any experience with this or thoughts about it?

Since today is Thursday, it is my usual:  Protein shake, Grilled shrimp, salad, vegies, chick-fil-a grilled nuts, small fruit cup, cheese and crackers or balanced break for a snack, not sure what I have here in this refrigerator.  Personal training at gym tonight.  Not sure what we are working on---shoulders or chest I think.  As much as I say to him that I don't see why we spend so much time on these parts, since it is my butt, legs, and stomach that need work, I must admit I like the strong shoulders and other things that happen from it.  One day my daughter saw my back because the shirt was lower in the back and she commented on the muscles, so I guess it is all good.  Honestly, I don't think I have ever been this strong in my life, even as a young person.  I know that I will have to keep up with the trainer, even though it costs money, because I probably would bail and go home if I didn't have an appointment.  Luckily, my work pays for most of my gym membership ($324 a year out of $372 cost), so that helps a lot.

Happy that tomorrow is Friday and I have a 3 day weekend with no real plans, but to putter about the house and do whatever I want.

Don't forget you were going to do a Get to Know Everyone post (Did I miss it or were you saving it for Friday?)